2009 University of Plymouth Wave Hub, Cornwall towed underwater video baseline benthic survey

Basic Metadata

DOI Maintainer:
Charlie Gough

Creator:
Emma Sheehan (Marine Biological Association)

Publisher:
DASSH

Year of Publication:
2021

Resource Type:
Dataset

Abstract:
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Description:
This data set comprises of marine epibenthos (74 identified taxa derived from Algae, Annelida, Arthropoda, Bryozoa, Chordata, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Mollusca, Nemertea, Porifera) quantified in June 2009 at The Wave Hub development zone, a Marine Renewable Energy Installation (MREI) in Hayle, Cornwall, South West UK. At each site a 200 x 0.5 metre transect of the seabed was undertaken. The survey was carried out as a baseline to characterise the seabed fauna present, prior to any subsea infrastructure being deployed at the test site. The design was also replicated to the east and west of the Wave Hub site to provide controls for future impact assessment.This survey has DASSH survey code 'DASSHDT00000466' but is part of the overarching project/series with DASSH series code 'DASSHSE00000059' titled '2009 - 2016 University of Plymouth The Wave Hub development zone towed underwater video baseline survey of epibenthos', see subtitle.